One nonprofit organization on the frontlines is about to share real stories from the area in a feature documentary.

"I went from running a homeless veterans program for the city to becoming homeless," Vernon Muhammad explained.

Muhammad described his years-long battle -- losing a job, undergoing a divorce, suffering an on-the-job injury and disability, losing his house and car -- to KETV NewsWatch 7.

"It was just a journey of uncertainty, of fear," Muhammad said.

He's one of more than 80 veterans and thousands of people who were helped by Together Omaha in 2014. The nonprofit helps the homeless and near-homeless get food, find shelter and develop skills for stability.

"This is about individuals," Together Omaha Executive Director Mike Hornacek said. "And every person we see has a story."

Together Omaha's statistics are startling: a 250 percent increase in foot traffic since 2013, 65 percent of those clients being visitors for the first time. However, those numbers fail to show the humanity behind the figures.

Jason Fischer directed "Out of Frame," a documentary filmed over the course of a year, charting the struggles and triumphs of a dozen people who are also clients of Together Omaha.

"They were doing everything you said they had to do, but they just weren't able to make ends meet for their families," Fischer said.

Muhammad participated in the documentary and shared how Together Omaha got him housing, food, and connected with the Department of Veteran's Affairs on account of him having served in the Air Force.

"I would say that was a my pivotal point of change for me," Muhammad said.

Muhammad is now back to helping other veterans, working in a VA work therapy program. In addition to highlighting the need, Together Omaha hopes the real story changes the conversation by changing the community's perspective. More information on Together Omaha can be found here: http://togetheromaha.org/.